Nic Koziolek

Nic Koziolek is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and specializes in the theory of thought, focusing on propositionally contentful mental states and acts. His research integrates knowledge-first and act-first perspectives, centering on epistemic acts like perception and inference. Key projects include developing a belief theory explained through these acts, detailed in three core papers: 'Inferring as a Way of Knowing,' 'Belief as the Power to Judge,' and 'Belief as an Act of Reason.'

Education: PhD in Philosophy from the University of Chicago.

Research Interests: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Epistemology, and History of Analytic Philosophy. Current work explores the relationship between belief and epistemic acts, challenging traditional views on self-knowledge and the KK principle.

Publications include blog posts analyzing self-conscious knowledge and philosophical intuition methodologies, reflecting his engagement with contemporary debates in epistemology and metaphysics.